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James Craig Watson Medal

American award in astronomy
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James Craig Watson Medal

Summary

James Craig Watson Medal is a science award[1]. It draws 9 Wikipedia views per month (science_award category, ranking #79 of 652).[2]

Key Facts

  • James Craig Watson Medal is in the country of United States[3].
  • James Craig Watson Medal's image is recorded as Watson medal NAS.gif[4].
  • James Craig Watson Medal's instance of is recorded as science award[5].
  • James Craig Watson Medal's instance of is recorded as astronomy prize[6].
  • James Craig Watson is named after James Craig Watson Medal[7].
  • James Craig Watson Medal's start time is recorded as +1887-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • James Craig Watson Medal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02xvh0[9].
  • James Craig Watson Medal's topic's main category is recorded as Q9617774[10].
  • James Craig Watson Medal's conferred by is recorded as National Academy of Sciences[11].
  • James Craig Watson Medal's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Q107720877[12].

Why It Matters

James Craig Watson Medal draws 9 Wikipedia views per month (science_award category, ranking #79 of 652).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Arthur Auwers Carolyn S. Shoemaker David Gill Ernest William Brown Eugene Merle Shoemaker Jacobus Kapteyn James Craig Watson science award United States Vera Rubin Willem de Sitter

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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